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changing the colour

Translated by Nick Nicholas31 Jul 2009Vetting: high4 revisions

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[Meaning they who are] changing the form [sc. of something or someone].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μεταχρωννύντες· μετασχηματίζοντες.

Betacode

*metaxrwnnu/ntes: metasxhmati/zontes.

Same entry in the Synagoge and other lexica: see the references at Photius mu341 Theodoridis.
Though LSJ cites only the Suda for the verb metaxrw/nnumi, it is used extensively in Late and Byzantine Greek. This present participle, masculine nominative plural, occurs three times in Cyril of Alexandria, e.g. Glaphyra in Pentateuchum PG 69.37c (on Genesis 1.3) and PG 69. 49c (on Genesis 2.1).

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